Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas

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The Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas ("Centre for Mathematical Research," CIMAT) is in Guanajuato, Guanajuato, México and was established in the city of Guanajuato in the year 1980 and belongs to the System of Public Centres of Mexico’s National Council of Science and Technology, CONACyT.

CIMAT is oriented to scientific research under excellence programmes under the auspices of the Mexican government. It is also devoted to the generation, dissemination and application of knowledge in specialized fields, as well as to the formation of human resources in the areas of pure mathematics, probability and statistics, and computer science. Of CIMAT’s faculty, more than 80% of the researchers belong to the National Research System (SNI), and 93% hold a PhD. Academically, the center is organized in four main areas: pure mathematics, applied mathematics, probability and statistics, and computer science.

The research groups of the center interact strongly with similar institutions in Mexico and in foreign countries. A continuous flow of visitors from around the world provides conferences, workshops, and seminars.

The educational programmes at CIMAT currently have more than 200 students, who come from all over the country and from abroad. (The undergraduate programmes are offered jointly with the University of Guanajuato.) The master's and doctorate programmes offered at the center are registered in the Excellency Postgraduate Studies Registry of the National Council of Science and Technology, CONACyT.

CIMAT’s infrastructure includes offices, an auditorium, many seminar rooms, a specialised mathematical library, computing equipment, electronic communication devices, and a lodge called CIMATEL, for the arrangement of national and international conferences, courses and academic reunions.

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[edit] Education

The centre's current students, both graduate and undergraduate, come from many different educational institutions in the country. The centre's faculty is in charge of the teaching.

CIMAT has an important role in the teaching of the mathematics and computer science undergraduate programmes of the mathematics department of the University of Guanajuato. Many of the undergraduate students are former international/Iberoamerican mathematical olympiad contestants and medal winners.

Also, CIMAT offers a thesis-writing programme, for students in other universities in the country.

Courses are usually offered in Spanish only.

[edit] Departments

The center has three departments:

Pure and Applied mathematics. Research groups are devoted to differential geometry, algebraic geometry, applied mathematics, dynamical systems, functional analysis, topology and combinatorial geometry.
Probability and Statistics. Research groups are interested in probability and stochastic processes, environmental statistics, and industrial statistics.
Computer science. Research lines include: image processing and computer vision, finite element methods, and quality assurance. The department also develops educational software.